1701
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- This article is about the year 1701. For other uses of 1701, see 1701 (disambiguation).
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1760s 1770s 1780s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s |
| Years: | 1698 1699 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1701 MDCCI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2454 |
| Armenian calendar | 1150 ԹՎ ՌՃԾ |
| Chinese calendar | 4337/4397-11-23 (庚辰年十一月廿三日) — to —
4338/4398-12-3(辛巳年十二月初三日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1693 – 1694 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5461 – 5462 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1756 – 1757 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1623 – 1624 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4802 – 4803 |
| Iranian calendar | 1079 – 1080 |
| Islamic calendar | 1113 – 1114 |
| Japanese calendar | Genroku 14 (元禄14年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2361 (皇紀2361年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11701 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2244 |
1701 (MDCCI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). 1701 of the Swedish calendar was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
- January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia.
- May 23 - After being convicted of murdering William Moore and for piracy, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
- July 24 - Detroit, Michigan founded.
- September 16 - Prince James Francis Edward Stuart becomes the new claimant to the thrones of Scotland as King James VIII and England as King James III.
- October 9 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
- Philharmonic Society (Academia philharmonicorum) established in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- In Japan, the young daimyo Asano Naganori is ordered to commit seppuku (ritual suicide). 47 samurai of his service begin planning to avenge his death.
- The English Parliament passes the Act of Settlement 1701, passing the crown of Great Britain to Sophia, Electress of Hanover and her descendants on the death of Princess Anne, the heiress presumptive to the throne after her brother in law, King William III.
- Jethro Tull (agriculturist) invented a drill for planting seeds in rows.
[edit] Births
- January 27 - Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (died 1790)
- January 28 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (died 1774)
- February 14 - Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (died 1773)
- March 18 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (died 1776)
- April 27 - King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (died 1773)
- May 14 - William Emerson, English mathematician (died 1782)
- August 4 - Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (died 1757)
- October 15 - Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (died 1771)
- October 18 - Charles le Beau, French historian (died 1778)
- November 5 - Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (died 1785)
- November 27 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (died 1744)
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (born 1628)
- March 15 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (born 1624)
- April 4 - Joseph Haines, English entertainer and author
- April 21 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (born 1667)
- May 23 - Captain Kidd, Scottish pirate (born 1645)
- June 2 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (born 1607)
- July 7 - William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (born 1631)
- August 20 - Charles Sedley, English playwright (born1639)
- August 22 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (born 1628)
- September 15 - Edmé Boursault, French writer (born 1638)
- September 16 - King James II of England/James VII of Scotland (born 1633)
- October 3 - Joseph Williamson, English politician (born 1633)
- November 5 - Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician (born c.1659)
